1 و َأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 « يا إنْسانُ، تَنَبَّأْ عَلَى رُعاةِ إسْرائِيلَ. تَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ للِرُّعاةِ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: وَيلٌ لِرُعاةِ إسْرائِيلَ الَّذيِنَ يَرْعَوْنَ أنفُسَهُمْ. ألا يَنْبَغِي أنْ يَرْعَى الرُّعاةُ الغَنَمَ؟

Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the sheep?

3 ت َأكُلُونَ الدَّسَمَ وَتَلبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ وَتَذبَحُونَ المُسَمَّنَ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لا تَرْعَوْنَ الغَنَمَ.

You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill the fatlings, but you do not feed the sheep.

4 ل َمْ تُقَوُّوا الضَّعِيفَ، وَلَمْ تُداوُا المَرِيضَ، وَلَمْ تُضَمِّدُوا الجَريحَ، وَلَمْ تَستَرِدُّوا الضّالَ، وَلَمْ تَبحَثُوا عَنِ الضّائِعِ، بَلْ تَسَلَّطْتُمْ عَلَيها بِقُوَّةٍ وَعُنفٍ.

The diseased and weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the hurt and crippled you have not bandaged, those gone astray you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought to find, but with force and hardhearted harshness you have ruled them.

5 ف َتَشَتَّتْ لِأنَّها بِلا راعٍ، وَصارَتْ فَرِيسَةً لِكُلِّ حَيَوانٍ بَرِّيٍّ فِي السُّهُولِ.

And they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts of the field.

6 ت َشَتَّتَتْ غَنَمِي وَتاهَتْ عَلَى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ وَعَلَى كُلِّ تَلَّةٍ مُرتَفِعَةٍ. تَشَتَّتَتْ عَلَى كُلِّ وَجهِ الأرْضِ، وَلَمْ يَبحَثْ عَنها أحَدٌ.»

My sheep wandered through all the mountains and upon every high hill; yes, My sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth and no one searched or sought for them.

7 « ‹لِذَلِكَ، استَمِعُوا إلَى رِسالَةِ اللهِ أيُّها الرُّعاةُ.

Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

8 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: صارَتْ غَنَمِي فَريسَةً وَطَعاماً لِلحَيَواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ. فَهِيَ بِلا راعٍ، وَرُعاتِي لَمْ يَبحَثُوا عَنْها. أطَعَمُوا أنفَسَهُمْ وَلَمْ يُطعِمُوا غَنَمي. لِهَذا أُقسِمُ بِذاتِي إنِّي سَأُعاقِبُهُمْ.»

As I live, says the Lord God, surely because My sheep became a prey, and My sheep became food for every beast of the field because there was no shepherd—neither did My shepherds search for My sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves and fed not My sheep—

9 « وَاستَمِعُوا إلَى رِسالَةِ اللهِ أيُّها الرُّعاةُ:

Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

10 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: سَأُقاوِمُ الرُّعاةَ، وَسَأطلُبُ غَنَمِي مِنهُمْ! سَأعزِلُهُمْ عَنْ رِعايَةِ غَنَمِي، فَلا يَعُودُونَ رُعاةً فِيما بَعْدُ. وَسَأُنقِذُ غَنَمِي مِنْ أفواهِهِمْ، فَلا تَعُودَ طَعاماً لَهُمْ.»

Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My sheep at their hand and cause them to cease feeding the sheep, neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more. I will rescue My sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.

11 ف َهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «سَأبحَثُ عَنْ غَنَمِي بِنَفسِي وَأجِدُها.

For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I Myself, will search for My sheep and will seek them out.

12 ك َما يَطلُبُ الرّاعِي قَطِيعَهُ وَهُوَ يَمْشِي وَسَطَ الأغنامِ المُنتَشِرَةِ، هَكَذا سَأتَفَحَّصُهُمْ، وَسَأُنقِذُهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الأماكِنِ الَّتِي تَشَتَّتُوا فِيها فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ المُظلِمِ الغائِمِ.

As a shepherd seeks out his sheep in the day that he is among his flock that are scattered, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will rescue them out of all places where they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness.

13 س َأُعِيدُهُمْ مِنْ وَسَطِ الشُّعُوبِ الأُخرَى، وَسَأجمَعُهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الأراضِي وَأُعِيدُهُمْ إلَى أرْضِهِمْ. ثُمَّ سَأرعاهُمْ عَلَى جِبالِ إسْرائِيلَ، وَفِي كُلِّ وِديانِها وَجَمِيعِ المَناطِقِ السَّكَنِيَّةِ فِي الأرْضِ.

And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and will bring them to their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

14 س َأرعاهُمْ فِي مَراعِيَ خَصبَةٍ، وَسَتَمتَدُّ مَراعِيهُمْ حَتَّى أعلَى جِبالِ إسْرائِيلَ. فَيَرتاحُونَ فِي الحُقُولِ الخَصبَةِ، وَيأكُلُونَ فِي المَراعِي الغَنِيَّةِ فَوقَ جِبالِ إسْرائِيلَ.

I will feed them with good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be; there shall they lie down in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

15 س َأرعاهُمْ أنا بِنَفسِي وَأُرِيحُهُمْ.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

I will feed My sheep and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God.

16 « سَأبحَثُ عَنِ الضّائِعِ وَالضّالِ، وَسَأُعِيدُ التّائِهَ، وَأعصِبُ المَكسُورَ وَالمَجرُوحَ، وَأُقَوٍّيَ المَرِيضَ، وَسَأحرُسُ المُسَمَّنَ. سَأرعاهُمْ بِعَدلٍ وَإنصافٍ.»

I will seek that which was lost and bring back that which has strayed, and I will bandage the hurt and the crippled and will strengthen the weak and the sick, but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment and punishment.

17 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «وَأنتُمْ يا غَنَمِي، سَأحكُمُ بَينَ كُلِّ واحِدٍ فِيكُمْ، بَينَ الكِباشِ وَالتُّيُوسِ.

And as for you, O My flock, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between the rams and the great he-goats.

18 أ لا يَكفِيكُمْ أنَّكُمْ تَرعُونَ فِي المَرعَى الجَيِّدِ؟ فَلِماذا تَدُوسُونَ باقِي مَراعِيَّ بِأرجُلِكُمْ؟ تَشرَبُونَ الماءَ، فلِماذا تُعَكِّرُونَ الماءَ بَعدَما تَشرَبُونَ؟

Is it too little for you that you feed on the best pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture? And to have drunk of the waters clarified by subsiding, but you must foul the rest of the water with your feet?

19 ر َعَى غَنَمِي الأرْضَ الَّتِي دُستُمُوها بِأرجُلِكُمْ، وَيَشرَبُونَ مِنْ بِرْكَةِ الماءِ الَّتِي عَكَّرتُمُوها بِأقدامِكُمْ.»

And My flock, must they feed on what your feet have trodden and drink what your feet have fouled?

20 ل ِهَذا، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «أنا نَفسِي سَأقضِي بَينَ الخِرافِ السَّمِينَةِ وَالخِرافِ النَّحِيلَةِ.

Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: Behold, I, I Myself, will judge between fat sheep and impoverished sheep, or fat goats and lean goats.

21 ف َأنتُمْ تَضرِبُونَ بِالجَنبِ وَالكَتِفِ الخِرافَ الضَّعِيفَةَ، وَتَنطَحُونَ الضِّعافَ بِقرُونِكُمْ حَتَّى شَتَّتُّمُوها فِي كُلِّ اتِّجاهٍ.

Because you push with side and with shoulder and thrust with your horns all those that have become weak and diseased, till you have scattered them abroad,

22 و َلَكِنِّي سَأُنقِذُ غَنَمِي، فَلَنْ تَعُودَ غَنِيمَةً أوْ فَرِيسَةً فِيما بَعْدُ، وَسَأقضِي بَينَ الخِرافِ.

Therefore will I rescue My flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

23 و َسَأُعَيِّنُ لَها راعياً واحِداً مِنْ نَسلِ عَبدِي داوُدَ فَيَرعاها.

And I will raise up over them one Shepherd and He shall feed them, even My Servant David; He shall feed them and He shall be their Shepherd.

24 و َسَأكُونُ أنا اللهَ إلَهاً لَها، وَيَكُونُ قَائِدُها مِنْ نَسلِ عَبدِي دَاودَ. أنا اللهَ تَكَلَّمْتُ.»

And I the Lord will be their God and My Servant David a Prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.

25 « ثُمَّ سَأقطَعُ عَهدَ سَلامٍ مَعَ شَعبِي، وَسَأُزِيلُ الحَيَواناتِ الشَّرِسَةَ مِنَ الأرْضِ، لِيسكُنُوا فِي البَرِّيَّةِ بِأمانٍ، وَيَنامُوا فِي الغاباتِ بِسَلامٍ.

And I will confirm with them a covenant of peace and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land, and shall dwell safely in the wilderness, desert, or pastureland and sleep in the woods.

26 و َسَأجعَلُ شَعبِي بَرَكَةً حَولَ جَبَلِي، وَسَأُرسِلُ الأمطارَ فِي أوقاتِها. سَتَكُونُ الأمطارُ بَرَكَةً لا لَعنَةً.

And I will make them and the places round about My hill a blessing, and I will cause the showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.

27 ح ِينَئِذٍ، تُثمِرُ أشجارُ الحَقلِ، وَتُعطِي الأرْضُ غَلَّتَها. حِينَئِذٍ، يَعِيشُونَ عَلَى أرْضِهِمْ بِأمانٍ وَبِلا خَوفٍ. وَيَعَلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ ، حِينَ أُكَسِّرُ النِّيرَ عنهُمْ وَأُخَلِّصُهُمْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ استَعبَدُوهُمْ.

And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit and the earth shall yield its increase; and shall be secure in their land, and they shall be confident and know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.

28 ل َنْ يَعُودُوا فَرِيسَةً وَلا غَنِيمَةً لِلأُمَمِ، وَلَنْ تَفتَرِسَهُمُ الحَيَواناتُ البَرِّيَّةُ. سَيَسْكُنُونَ بِأمانٍ، وَلنْ يُخِيفَهُمْ شَيءٌ.

And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the earth devour them, but they shall dwell safely and none shall make them afraid '> day of the Messiah’s reign].

29 و َسَأُقِيمُ لَهُمْ أرْضاً خَصبَةً، فَلا يَجُوعُونَ. وَلَنْ يَسمَعُوا تَعيِيراتِ الأُمَمِ فِيما بَعدُ.

And I will raise up for them a planting of crops for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land nor bear the reproach of the nations any longer.

30 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَيَعرِفُونَ أنِّي أنا إلَهَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَبِأنَّهُمْ إسْرائِيلُ شَعبِي.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

Then shall they know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the house of Israel, are My people, says the Lord God,

31 « وَأنتُمْ غَنَمِي فِي مَرعايَ، أنتُمْ شَعبِي، وَأنا إلَهُكُمْ.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

And that you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, are men and I am your God, says the Lord God.